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Its really good, I like it a lot. My favorite character is the psycopath healer. He's always fun to read about.Fair warning, the translation in the first ten chapters is kinda... not good. Its mtl that was edited to be more coherent. Those first few chapters are a little confusing at times (not a lot but there are some confusing parts, especially at chapter 5), but you do get the gist of it, so if you can get through those first few chapters, the translation quality does become very noticeably better as the tl became more experienced and confident.So please don't let the translation quality in the beginning put you off, you'll be missing out on a great novel. (I also feel that it should be mentioned that even the bad mtl at the begining was leagues better than some mtls I have seen by other translators who don't even bother to try to make it look coherent. The TL isn't perfect, but you can tell they put a lot of love and effort into it.) This novel makes brocons its reoccurring motief, so if you don't like obsessive and slightly crazy brocons, don't read it and then complain.Every character is this is absolutely batsh*t crazy btw. Even the protaganist. He tries to trick the reader into thinking he's calm and rational, but he's not. He's not possessive or psycopathic like a lot of the characters, but he's not a rational person either. He's very much balls to the walls.Also, something that makes this story so fun is the fact Spoiler
that no one, not a single character, is telling the truth. They are all lying to each other, all the time. Which means that when a very rare moment of honesty happens between characters, its special... and yet even then they still do their best to speak in half truths lmao.
[collapse]Its a good novel, very enjoyable, but don't expect this to be a ground breaking book that's going to change your whole world view. Its entertaining, and it does a good job at being fun and engaging.If you go into this expecting complicated politics and social justice metaphors, you will be disappointed.This is a book about a guy who, through circumstances not under his control, keeps trying to cut all ties and escape the life he has been given, only to be unwillingly tied deeper and deeper into a found family.The poor MC just can't catch a break, but it does end up being good for him, even though he does his best to despair at the comfy life he is being plied with.Its not all fluff and funny shenanigans though. There is the occasional bit of angst, but it is very fitting and well done, and its well balanced with the humor and fluff, giving this novel great balance.All in all, would recommend. Also, I am obsessed with this novel.
